I didn't pick up on that but checking out the BBC website you are right, except that the journalist was sadly only reporting what the prosecution said. Amazingly it was the prosecution who used the 'had sex with' admission in court!! WITH??? And that is a highly educated barrister.....

It's weirdly almost sanitising the act, and you would've thought that would be the last thing the prosecution would do. Perhaps it's just so outrageous and despicable it 'goes without saying' or it's too much to handle. Does not compute.